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What are the best PS2 games of the fall? We'll tell ya'.

By IGN Staff

After the whirlwind of games touched ground during the months of October and November, it's truly amazing the staff members at IGN haven't maimed each other from stress, anxiety and the always-deadly 40-hour RPG. Luckily, the quality of games this fall, despite record number of sequels, was high, and even most of the movie titles were bearable. I mean really, what is the world coming to when we like movie-based games?

So, it all comes down this. Kinda like the Oscars. Which is best? Which ones should you play, and which should be skip? Which are rentals, where others are borderline maybes? The games are all out now. The critics have spoken, and it's all up to you. You probably want to believe that some game out there is genuinely worth the hard-earned $50. And it's true, there are games out there worth way more than the bang for their buck.

The fact is, we have played them all, the extreme sports games, the football, basketball and hockey games, the platformers, RPGs and first-person shooters, the novelty titles and every crappy game that's come out, we have played it. Boy, have we.

So, we're going to give you a little something. It's not much, and frankly, if you have been following us daily, then you already know what we think. We're not shy that way. But this article contains within it the list of games that we have reviewed this fall that we believe you should play, buy and/or rent.

This doesn't represent the game of the year picks, but it's a good cast of nominees. So, as you're stuffing yourself with turkey, watching football and thinking you really don't like Uncle Bob all that much after all, think about this: Which games are you going to buy? Here's what we think. These games consist titles that are scored 8.5 or higher. In other words, they're good enough to be IGN Editors' Choices, which is our seal of approval.

Final Fantasy X-2Square Enix returns to the world of Spira with a new attitude and new gameplay for one of the PlayStation 2's best videogames yet. Publisher: Square Enix; Developer: Square Enix; Genre: RPG; Score: 9.5

Sheesh! What a fall. So, yessiireee, that's the fall lineup from the 8.5 scored games and up. Check back soon for even bigger surprises in December. Until then have a good, turkey-filled and peaceful Thanksgiving.